In article 18237@adobe.com, bennett@adobe.com (Bennett Leeds) writes:
>Scot Heath writes
>> ... how many
>> of you have had a dado or even a cross cut blade grab, spring the arm
>> upward and run across the top of the wood? I have seen this happen and it
>> has happened to me.
>
>Freud makes both regular and dado blades that have "shoulders" after each
>tooth. These shoulders are set just a tad lower than the teeth. One of
>their purposes is to limit how fast wood can feed into the blade. If
>the wood feeds in too fast, the shoulder hits the wood. The shoulder is
>smooth and doesn't cut, so the wood can't feed in any more - until the
>next tooth comes by and lets it go a tiny bit more.
>
>Anyway, Freud claims this will help reduce the "climbing" you describe
>happening on your RAS.
Are you refering the "anti-kickback" design in the "shoulders"??? If so, then i
have to say that my Freud TK and Dado blades do reduce but in no way stops climbing.
The thicker/harder the wood the less i notice this feature. Even with 2x4 fir, i've had the blade climb and lock. Need to really running-back-straight-arm block that saw
